Belize 5736u
5,688 73t5o
Total Church hip
12 6y1a1
Congregations
4 544a2i
FamilySearch Centers
History 4a2b4f
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Missionary work opened in Belize on 5 May 1980, when President Samuel Flores of the Honduras Tegucigalpa Mission and Elder Robert Henke arrived to prepare for 10 additional missionaries coming the following day. On the day of their arrival, Elder Merlin Mikkelson was made president of a newly organized branch (a small congregation), and the first Sunday meeting was held 11 May, 1980. The first to the Church was Ernesto Alay, who was baptized on 1 June 1980.
The Belize District was organized in 1983. Meetinghouses were completed in Orange Walk and San Ignacio in 1987. By 1987 some 1,000 in seven branches comprised the Belize District. In 1990 the Honduras Tegucigalpa Mission was divided, and Belize was placed in the Honduras San Pedro Sula Mission. It is now part of the El Salvador San Salvador West/Belize Mission.
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Africa 1h5b65
Total Church hip 334m6k
933,511 5g5h6v
2,927 5a6xm
Congregations
Missions 482q3r
54Missions 116p57
FamilySearch Centers 723y3h
Temples z2rm
6Temples 1396m
Asia 455744
Total Church hip 334m6k
1,316,373 4p2d2o
2,145 6j224
Congregations
Missions 482q3r
51Missions 4y4s2a
FamilySearch Centers 723y3h
Temples z2rm
11Temples x693
Europe 36p64
Total Church hip 334m6k
513,534 272e22
1,290 k5kz
Congregations
Missions 482q3r
37Missions 4v602c
FamilySearch Centers 723y3h
Temples z2rm
14Temples 1q1l6e
North America 204j5a
Total Church hip 334m6k
9,733,719 342d58
18,426 2d46d
Congregations
Missions 482q3r
187Missions 1v5a6m
FamilySearch Centers 723y3h
Temples z2rm
131Temples 287042
Oceania (Pacific) 365c7
Total Church hip 334m6k
607,302 635l4a
1,290 k5kz
Congregations
Missions 482q3r
17Missions 1hc1c
FamilySearch Centers 723y3h
Temples z2rm
11Temples x693
South America 3u15q
Total Church hip 334m6k
4,392,463 43292h
5,599 5em6g
Congregations
